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<p><strong>TA population</strong>: approximate number of inhabitants  in the Target Area (TA).</p>
<p><strong>Number of Acute Care Hospitals: </strong>number of hospitals in the TA where  patients are treated for an acute injury or illness, trauma or during recovery  time from surgery.</p>
<p><strong>Beds in TA</strong>: approximate number of beds in the <strong>Acute Care Hospitals</strong> of the TA.</p>
<p><strong>Deaths in TA</strong>: number of deaths in the <strong>Acute Care Hospitals</strong> of the TA during  the survey’s period.</p>
<p><strong>Beds in ICU</strong>: number of ICU beds in the <strong>Acute Care Hospitals</strong> of the TA. An ICU  bed is defined as a critical care specialised bed with a nurse/bed ratio of 1/3  or higher and where patients may be mechanically ventilated for at least 24h.</p>
<p><strong>Neuro-surgery Facility Units</strong>: number of <strong>Acute Care Hospitals</strong> where cranial neurosurgical procedures (i.e.  craniotomy, ventricular drainage) can be guaranteed for at least 8h a day.</p>
<p><strong>Admitted patients in ICU</strong>: number of patients admitted in the <strong>ICU beds </strong>(defined in point 5) during  the survey’s period.</p>
<p><strong>Deaths in ICU</strong>: number of deceases in the <strong>ICU beds</strong> (defined in point 5) during  the survey’s period of study.</p>
<p><strong>Potential DBD Donors</strong>: number of patients whose clinical  condition were suspected to fulfill brain death criteria during the period of study.</p>
<p><strong>Eligible DBD Donors</strong>: number of medically suitable  persons (with no medical contraindications for organ donation) that have been <strong>declared dead based on neurologic criteria</strong> as stipulated by the law of the relevant jurisdiction, during the survey’s period  (Subset of point 9).</p>
<p><strong>Actual DBD Donors</strong>: number of <strong>Consented Eligible Donors</strong> in whom an operative incision was made  with the intent of organ recovery for the purpose of transplantation and/or from  whom at least one organ was recovered for the purpose of transplantation, during  the period of study (Subset of point 10).</p>
<p><strong>Utilized DBD Donors</strong>: number of <strong>Actual DBD Donors</strong> from whom at least one organ was transplanted  (Subset of point 11).</p>
<p><strong>Procured Organs</strong>: number of organs obtained from <strong>Utilized DBD Donors</strong> (Point 12).</p>
<p><strong>Cadaveric Tissue Only Effective Donors</strong>: number of deceased persons, <strong>excluded the</strong> <strong>Utilized DBD donors</strong> (Point 12), from whom tissues were recovered  for the purpose of transplantation, during the period of study. May include  persons who were declared dead outside the hospital, but within the TA.</p>
<p><strong>People working full time</strong>: number of persons working  full-time in Donation within the TA, during the survey’s period.</p>
<p><strong>People working part time</strong>: number of persons working  part-time in Donation within the TA, during the survey’s period.</p>
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